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Ellen Chiniara serves as General Counsel and Assistant Secretary and is responsible for managing legal matters for Inverness. Ms. Chiniara joined Inverness in October 2006 as General Counsel of the Professional Diagnostics strategic business unit and became General Counsel of the Company in May 2007. From 2002-2006, Ms. Chiniara was Associate General Counsel, Neurology of Serono, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company. Previously, she served as General Counsel to a healthcare venture capital fund and a healthcare management services organization, where she also was Chief Operating Officer of its clinical trial site management division. From 1994-1997, Ms. Chiniara was Assistant General Counsel at Value Health, a specialty managed healthcare company. She began her career as a corporate attorney in Boston with Hale and Dorr (now Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP) where she gained extensive experience in venture capital, mergers and acquisitions, and high-growth companies. Ms. Chiniara has actively participated in PhRMA, BIO and has addressed industry groups regarding venture financing, HIPAA and bio-pharma joint ventures. Ms. Chiniara holds a juris doctorate from Stanford University and a bachelor’s degree, magna cum laude from Bryn Mawr College. | 